3.6.3.6 Tessellation (CFW 61)
Instructions for this tessellation can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Twist Origami II, pages 26-27: basic step-by-st...
Here you can find folding instructions for some of the models listed on my page, sorted by name.
Instructions for this tessellation can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Twist Origami II, pages 26-27: basic step-by-st...
Instructions for this model were published in Fujimoto’s book, Solid Origami, page 3.
Instructions are available from the author’s website.
Introduction and folding instructions on author’s page Annapurna (Ten Interesecting Triangles) is one of the models in Himala...
Instructions for the model were published in many books by Shuzo Fujimoto, and magazines, including: Twist Origami II, pag...
Instructions for the model were published in Artur Biernacki’s book, Polish your Origami, pages 23-28.
Diagrams for the Bascetta Star (which obviously also include instructions for folding the units) can be found on the author’s page.
Sheet precreased for folding this model Instructions were published in Convention...
A Crease Pattern was published in Techno Origami, book of 15th Origami Outdoor Meeting.
A CP was published in BOS Magazine #321 (published by the British Origami Society), page 12. It also appeared in Konvensi Ori...
Tessellation of molecules from 14×14 grid each Molecule from 30×30 grid ...
Model diagrams are available online.
This Sonobe variant was independently designed by me and by t...
Instructions are available in the 2018 edition of German Origami Convention book.
Below you can find a precrease pattern and a photo tutorial of the collapse (for a clean fold). The model is designed around ...
Precreased sheet Instructions for the model were published in The Fold (Issue 66,...
Galen White prepared a crease pattern for this model, available from his google drive.
Instructions were published in the 20th Bulletin of Polish Origami Society (2023), page 23.
Below you can find a precrease pattern and pictures of the collapse. This sequence shows the clean precrease which you get wi...
A phototutorial, crease pattern, and precrease pattern were published in 19th Outdoor Origami Meeting (2023) Convention Book ...
A crease pattern for this model was published in CDO Convention Book 2023 (Convention Book of Italian Origami Convention).
Crease pattern, precrease pattern, and a phototutorial were published in Tagungsband Origami ...
Building Block Units are a family of modules which make it possible to build a huge variety of designs, from typical abstract geometric solids to realistic m...
Front side Bumpy Octahedron is folded from a single sheet of 2:1 paper. Each face is decorated with a sunken tria...
You can find folding instructions for this module on Ned Batchelder’s page.
Instructions for this model were published in OrigamiUSA Annual Collection 2002.
Instructions for the model were published in Fujimoto’s Twist Folds, ISBN 9784416312001, front cover and page 18 (picture of ...
Diagrams for this model were published in BOS Magazine #234 (published by the British Origami Society), page 34.
You can fold this design based on instructions for the Celtic Cross model. Use that model’s CP and just extract the top part ...
My instructions Instructions are available as a single PNG image: PNG
Instructions for the model were published in Artur Biernacki’s book, Polish your Origami, pages 9-13.
Instructions for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Twist Origami I, page ...
Instructions for this model (along with optional ribbon for a...
This is a relatively simple tessellation which should be suitable even for beginners. Despite the simplicity, with a bit of shaping, it can look quite nice.
There is a video tutorial about Clover Folding, made by Sara Adams.
Clover Folding Lookalike looks very similar to Fujimoto’s Clover Folding but has a significantly different structure.
You can find the CP and basic folding instructions in the files linked below. Several variants of this tessellation are possi...
Instructions for the model were published in Fujimoto’s books: Twist Origami II, page 22 Twist Folds, Shuzo Fujimoto, IS...
In print A CP and phototutorial for this design were published in Convention Book of 32nd International Convention of Origami...
Instructions for the model were published in Meenakshi Mukerji’s book, Marvelous Modular Origami, on page 18.
Diagrams for the Traditional Crane are available in many places online, for example on Wikimedia Commons and on origami.me. I...
The model is quite easy to fold: Fold the square’s diagonals, then fold all corners to the center (blintz the square). Y...
Below, you can find the Creas...
Precreased sheet There is a video tutorial (Part 1, Part 2) for this model, made ...
Instructions for the model can be found in Fujimoto’s books: Twist Origami I, page 67 Invitation to Creative Playing wit...
Instructions for this model can be found online on a copy of Thoki Yenn’s old website hosted by Eric Demaine. The same instru...
Instructions for Thoki Yenn’s original DNA model can be found in his Orikata book. I think there are also some tutorials on Y...
Instructions for this dog model are available in the form of a video tutorial made by Leyla Torres.
Instructions for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Solid Origami, page 11...
Instructions for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Twist Origami I, page ...
Instructions for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s book, Twist Folds, ISBN 97844163...
Instructions for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Invitation to Creative...
Instructions for the model were published in Tomoko Fuses’s book, Unit Polyhedron Origami, on page 92.
There is a phototutorial for the model, published by the author. A number of videotutorials are also available, for example t...
Videotutorial Evan Zodl prepared a videotutorial for this model.
This is a model independently designed by me and other people, including Matt Humberstone who published a Crease Pattern of h...
This model was independently designed by Sam Randlett, who used the name Chalice. You can find instructions for this model in...
Instructions for the model were published in a number of Kawahata’s books and in some origami convention booklets. There is a...
Folding this model is about as simple as it gets: Start with a square or rectangular piece of paper. Pleat into 32-nds (if...
Tom Hull’s folding instructions Five Intersecting Tetrahedra (FIT), designed by Thomas Hull, is probably the most popular mod...
These origami fog stoppers can help reduce the fogging of your glasses in winter or during physical exercise. They do help, b...
You can find instructions for this model in many places, in particular on Wikipedia.
This is a molecule I came up with independently with many other designers. By itself, it is not very interesting, but it make...
Crease Pattern Crease Patttern (CP) and Precrease Pattern (PreCP) can be found in my presenta...
Instructions are available on author’s website.
Instructions for this unit are available as part of Tom Hull’s FIT instructions.
Instructions for the model were published in many books and magazines, including: Invitation to Creative Playing with Orig...
Instructions for the model were published in Fujimoto’s books, Twist Origami II (page 52), and Twist Folding (page 56, additi...
Introduction and folding instructions on author’s page Gasherbrum (Four Interesecting Triangles) is one of the models in Hima...
Instructions for the model were published in Fujimoto’s book, Twist Origami I, on page 32. Th...
There is a videotutorial by Paper Kawaii, showing practically the same model as mine. Compared to the video, my model uses a ...
Instructions for this model were published in Quadrato Magico #132, pages 43-48.
Instructions for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Twist Origami I, pages...
This model does even have a picture in Fujimoto’s books: it is only mentioned in one sentence...
This model does even have a picture in Fujimoto’s books: it is only mentioned in one sentence...
This model does even have a picture in Fujimoto’s books: it is only mentioned in one sentence as the possibility of combining...
Below you can find a CP with folding tips. The CP is quite simple, so even if you have little experience, you should be able ...
In print Folding diagrams for this model were published in: OrigamiUSA Model Collection 2020, page 100 Der Falter 74, pa...
Instructions for this model were published in Shuzo Fujimotos’s books: Twist Origami I, pa...
Instructions were published in Convention Book of 17th Outdoor Origami Meeting (2018).
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books, but only in the form of pictures of finish...
Hints This model is the same as a level-2 Lucky Star Fractal except it is folded starting fro...
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books, but only in the form of pictures of finish...
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books, but only in the form of pictures of finish...
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books, but only in the form of pictures of finish...
This model does even have a picture in Fujimoto’s books: it is only mentioned in one sentence...
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s Twist Origami I, page 10 (labeled “No 37”), but o...
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books, but only in the form of pictures of finish...
Instructions for this model were published in Shuzo Fujimotos’s books: Twist Origami I, pa...
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Twist Origami I, page 7 Invitation to Creative Playing with Origami, ...
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books, but only in the form of pictures of finish...
Instructions for this model were published in Shuzo Fujimotos’s books: Twist Origami I, pa...
Instructions for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s book Twist Origami I, on page 8 ...
Instructions for this design can be found in Fujimoto’s books: Twist Origami II, page 21 ...
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books, but only in the form of pictures of finish...
A phototutorial, crease pattern, and precrease pattern were published in 19th Outdoor Origami Meeting (2023) Convention Book ...
Instructions for my Houstonia Box were published as part of my Interview for The Fold.
A CP was published in BOS Magazine #298 (published by the British Origami Society), page 4.
You can find folding instructions for the Hydrangea (including a number of variants) in Fujim...
In print Instructions for this variant can be found in: Hydrangea folding (あじさい折りおりがみ) by Shuzo Fujimoto (posth.), ISBN 97...
Instructions for this variant can be found in Hydrangea folding (あじさい折りおりがみ) by Shuzo Fujimoto (posth.), ISBN 9784416617274, ...
The idea of connecting several Hydrangeas occurred independently to me and earlier to Meenakshi Mukerji. If you do not yet kn...
For folding Hydrangea Icosahedron (and many other shapes as well), you can just follow the instructions for Hydrangeaa Cube, ...
Instructions for this variant can be found in: Hydrangea folding (あじさい折りおりがみ) by Shuzo Fujimoto (posth.), ISBN 97844166172...
You can fold this tessellation based on instructions for folding a single molecule. There is also a video tutorial by Sara Ad...
A video tutorial for the model is available on YouTube.
Instructions Step-by-step instructions can be found in the Bauhaus Foundation Course instructional booklet by Eric Gjerde, an...
Below you can find a CP with folding tips. The CP is quite simple, so even if you have little experience, you should be able ...
Instructions for this model were published in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books in the form of crease patterns: Solid Origami, page 4...
Crease Pattern The Crease Pattern for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Invitation to Creative Playing wi...
Images of finished model in back-light (without any actual instructions apart from the possib...
Crease Pattern The Crease Pattern and pictures of finished model can be found in Shuzo Fujimo...
The Jitterbug Unit can be used to create a number of polyhedra which can undergo the jitterbug transformation (devised by Buc...
Since folduction seems to have designed the same tessellation independently (under the name of Flowers in the Square), you ca...
Instructions for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Twist Origami II, page...
Instructions for the model were published in Tagungsband Origami Deutschland 2024 (German convention book), pages 120-123.
There is a videotutorial by Sara Adams for this model as well as a timelapse of the folding without additional instructions.
Instructions for this model are available in the form of a videotutorial.
Instructions for this module were published in Tomoko Fuse’s books, Unit Origami: Multidimensional Transformations (page 56) and Unit Polyhedron Origami (pag...
Folding instructions for my Long Story Short (origami book model) were published in The Fold (link does not require membershi...
Instructions for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Twist Origami I, page ...
A Crease Pattern along with some information about this model was published in The Paper #137 (available in print and online...
Below you can find instructio...
In order to fold this model, you can follow instructions for the single molecule. You can use...
In order to fold this model, you can follow, with minor modification, instructions for the fr...
Introduction and folding instructions online and in print Robert J. Lang’s Makalu (Six Intersecting Pentagons) is an interest...
Instructions for the model were published in Artur Biernacki’s book, Polish your Origami, pages 83-92.
See the model’s page for a discussion of some discrepancies related to this model I noticed i...
Instructions for the model were published in Artur Biernacki’s book, Polish your Origami, pages 45-51.
Instructions were published in the 14th Bulletin of Polish Origami Society (2016), page 60.
Miura-Ori, also known by the names Herringbone Tessellation and Zig-Zag Corrugation, is one of the best known origami corruga...
Instructions are available as a single PNG image: PNG
A crease pattern was published in CDO Convention Book 2018 (Convention Book of Italian Origami Convention).
Jose Arley Moreno’s diagrams Jose Arley Moreno published instructions for this unit on his web page.
To fold this model, use a strip with about 1:15 proportions and fold notches according to CLU instructions. Make two notches ...
You can use this model to print your name on it (templates available below) and put it on your desk or for adding descriptions to your models at an origami c...
Instructions for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books. It is folded from a 2:1 rectangle, but instructions start...
Instructions for this module were published in Tomoko Fuse’s book, Unit Origami: Multidimensional Transformations. There are two variants of this unit, I (bo...
This unit can be used to make spiked versions of polyhedra with triangular faces as well as polyhedra with square faces where each face is extended with a ”b...
Since I’m too lazy to draw nice diagrams, I just made photographs of the module at different stages of folding. The module is quite simple, so I hope such pi...
Folding instructions Instructions for folding the PHiZZ unit and buckyball models made with this unit can be found on the author’s web page.
Instructions were published in MFPP 2019 Convention Book and SBO (Bolivia) 2019 Convention Book.
For this model, only a picture of a hand-drawn crude CP which...
Instructions were published in 9th Bulletin of Polish Origami Society (page 38) and in Origami Tanteidan Convention book Vol....
Instructions for this model can be found in Fujimoto’s book, Twist Origami III, on page 45. I...
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Solid Origami, pages 11 (folding instructions) and 104 (some kind of ma...
Online and in print
Instructions for the model were published in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Twist Origami I, page...
Hexagonal version Octagonal version This is a simple model which can ...
Crease pattern, precrease pattern, and a phototutorial on folding the box to match the size of a given box lid were published...
As Michel Grand pointed out, a number of people have folded a model almost identical to Pocket Heart before me. You can use a...
Instructions for the model were published in Meenakshi Mukerji’s book, Marvelous Modular Origami, on page 30.
Instructions are available as a single PNG image. The box, as shown here, uses an 8×8 grid, but it can be folded with any pro...
A crease pattern and basic collapse instructions for my Propellers Tessellation were published in The Fold (membership requir...
PVM is a family of units which can be combined into shapes of quite different structure. The family consists of vertex units which resemble triangular pyrami...
Instructions for folding the model are available online.
Instructions for this model are available in GGO Stay at Home and Fold Origami PDF (page 92).
This model is folded from a bronze rectangle (1:√3). Instructions can be found in following books by Fujimoto, and start with...
This model is very simple to fold. The rocket can stand on its own thanks to the “foot”. You can also say this horizontal ele...
Instructions for folding the model are available online.
A crease pattern for this model was published in PCOC 2021 Origami Collection, page 162.
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books, but it’s just pictures of finished model and information about the startin...
The phototutorial below starts from a hexagon with an 8×8×8 grid. Folded this way, the model has several unnecessary creases ...
To fold this tessellation, refer to instructions for folding a star with a single molecule. Y...
Shamrock 1.1 Tessellation Shamrock 1.1 Box A phototutorial, crease pa...
The second image shows the three steps used for constructing the pre-crease pattern for my Sh...
Instructions for this model are added to 15 cm packs of Satogami paper. I’ve been using the paper for a few years now but onl...
Instructions There are two main ways of folding this model. When folding from a grid, one can...
SEU, the Simple Edge Unit is an edge unit with a 90° angle at the tip. It can be folded from paper of any proportions and it is quite versatile since with mi...
In Origami Pass app Instructions for this model are available via Origami Pass.
Instructions are available as a single PNG image: PNG
Instructions for this model are available in an OrigamiUSA article which also contains very interesting details about this mo...
Instructions for this design can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Twist Origami II, pages 42 and 44 Twist Folds, ISBN...
Instructions for this model can be found in various books by Shuzo Fujimoto, and in at least one magazine: Twist Origami I...
Instructions were published in: Tagungsband Origami Deutschland 2023 (German convention book) — crease pattern, precrease ...
This page contains links to instructions for the classical Sonobe module. There also exist literally hundreds of variants: those have their separate pages on...
Instructions for the model (CP and pictures of collapse) were published in: 18th Outdoor Origami Meeting (2019) Convention...
You can find the CP and basic folding instructions in the files linked below.
General This model is based around Square Interlace Tessellation so you can use instructions ...
This tessellation is closely related to my Propellers Tessellation and you get the latter as ...
This tessellation can be used for creating pixel images representing arbitrary pictures.
You can find a link to a PDF with the crease pattern for this model at the end of Alessandra’s interview for THe Fold.
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books, but it’s just pictures of finished model a...
Modified version used as a modular
This tessellation is closely related to Ninja Star Tessellation and you get the latter as one of the intermediate steps when ...
This design is a fractal extension of the regular Whirlwind Tessellation, which uses an 8×8 grid. The fractal molecule is fol...
Star Ananke has many variants, most of them just minor changes in the folding process but affecting the look of the final model.
Similar models on other sites Robin Glynn’s 6-pointed modular star is a design almost identical to Star Ananke variant D: it differs only by having the littl...
Phototutorial 1. Pinch center of bottom edge and pivot upper-right corner around upper-left corner till it meets the p...
Books Images of the finished model, shown in back-light, appeared in Fujimoto’s books (withou...
Instructions for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Twist Origami I, page ...
Instructions for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s book Twist Origami I, on page 24...
Instructions for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s book Twist Origami I, on page 25...
Instructions for this model were published in Fujimoto’s book, Twist Origami I, on page 25 (m...
In print Pictures of this design can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s Invitation to Creative Playing with Origami (創造する折り紙遊びへの招待)...
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books, but only as pictures of the finished model...
StEM is a very versatile module which can be used to make a number of very different objects. Three units can build a triangular 45-degree pyramid, so anythi...
A crease pattern was published in Origami Box of the Ultimate Origami Convention 2017.
Diagrams Diagrams are available from Meenakshi’s web page and in the document mentioning earlier authors.
Super-Pineapple Tessellation is my extended (and much more complex) variant of Ilan Garibi’s Pineapple Tessellation.
This is a business card unit which I designed independently with Jennifer Campbell who used the name Dog Bone Unit (details in model description).
Instructions for folding the model are available online.
A Crease Pattern is available from the author’s web page
Online Instructions for the module are available from David M...
This model is based around Square Interlace Tessellation so you can use instructions for that model as a starting point.
You can fold this tessellation based on instructions for an individual star. As in 3.6.3.6 Tessellation, you have to add tria...
You can fold this tessellation based on instructions for an individual star. The way of connecting molecules and the precreas...
There are no printed instructions for this model that I’m aware of, but the structure is quite simple: the tessellation consi...
Crease pattern and a phototutorial were published in Tagungsband Origami Deutschland 2023 (Ge...
Instructions for folding this unit are available from the Web Archive. There is also a videotutorial but quality isn’t the be...
Instructions for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Twist Origami I, page ...
In print I learned this model from the book Sztuka origami by Renzo Zanoni (published 1992, ISBN 83-85330-17-8), page 28. Thi...
This being a traditional model, you can find instructions for folding it in many books and lots of places online. The diagram...
Images of finished model in back-light (without any actual instructions apart from the possib...
These are folding instructions for the Trapezoid Edge Module (TEM) module. This module bears some resemblance to Thomas Hull’s PHiZZ unit while the folding p...
Instructions for this model were published Shuzo Fujimoto’s books listed below, though they a...
Instructions for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s book Twist Origami I, on page 47...
Finished model Precreased sheet A phototutorial, crease pattern, and ...
Diagrams for the Trimodule are available on the author’s web page.
Instructions for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Solid Origami, page 43 (CP) Invitation to Creative P...
The phototutorial below shows how to fold the model. Most folds do not have exact reference folds, and you have to guess wher...
As the name implies, in the center of the molecule is a Bird ...
Folding diagrams for this model were published in the 17th/18th Bulletin of Polish Origami Society (2021), page 33.
Free PDF Instructions for this model are available in GGO Stay at Home and Fold Origami PDF (page 98).
Instructions were published in Le Pli 149 (2/2018).
Instructions for the model were published in Meenakshi Mukerji’s book, Marvelous Modular Origami, on page 54.
Instructions for the model were published in the BOS Convention Book 2017 (50th anniversary convention of British Origami Soc...
Diagrams for this model are available online.
This unit behaves like the So...
Front Back A phototutorial, crease pattern, and precrease pattern wer...
A crease pattern can be found on Robert Lang’s site. It can be constructed by pure origami methods and is relatively simple t...
Whirlwind Tessellation A box decorated with a molecule of Whirlwind Tessell...
In Print Instructions for this model were published in Shuzo Fujimotos’s books: Twist Orig...
Step-by-step instructions for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Twist Ori...
In Origami Pass app Instructions for this model (CP and phototutorial) are available via Origami Pass.
Woven Slit Module is an origami unit which can be used to build different kinds of modular assemblies, from simple cubes to more complex objects. They can we...
Crease pattern, precrease pattern, and a phototutorial were published in Tagungsband Origami Deutschland 2023 (German convent...
In order to fold this model, pelase refer to the instructions for Woven Square Box. You can also follow the instructions for ...
Crease patterns are available as a single PNG image. Apart from the CP of a single molecule, it also shows the two main layouts: the symmetric one with two m...
Instructions for this model appear in Shuzo Fujimoto’s Twist Folds (ISBN 9784416312001), on p...